Volker Prechtel
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Volker Prechtel (born August 9, 1941, in Hopfen am See; died August 7, 1997, in Gröbenzell) was a German theater, film, and television actor. Prechtel initially studied pedagogy and worked as a schoolteacher for several years before finding his way to professional acting through amateur theater stages. With his striking face and distinctive nose, he became a sought-after character actor in film and television, appearing in more than one hundred productions. Prechtel was also a regular presence on the theater stage. He performed at venues including the Münchner Kammerspiele, the Münchner Volkstheater, the Freie Volksbühne Berlin, and the Münchner Theater für Kinder. He achieved international recognition in 1986 for his role as the monk Malachias in *The Name of the Rose*, based on the novel by Umberto Eco. In that film, he acted alongside Sean Connery and Helmut Qualtinger. Additionally, he appeared as a public bus driver in the crime series *Der König*. Volker Prechtel died in 1997—two days before his 56th birthday—from complications related to cancer.
Known for
Credits
The Name of the Rose (1986)
as Malachia
The Odessa File (1974)
as Günther Kolb (uncredited)
The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser (1974)
as Hiltel, the prison guard
The Marquise of O (1976)
as Der Pfarrer
An Oral History of: The Name of the Rose (2022)
as Self (archive footage)
Scream of Stone (1991)
as Himalaja-Bezwinger
Heart of Glass (1976)
as Wudy
Das größte Fest des Jahres (1991)
as Toni Lederer
Woyzeck (1979)
as Handwerksbursche
Sisi/Last Minute (1991)
as Hias von Konnersreuth
Es begann bei Tiffany (1979)
Actor
Crime and Passion (1976)
as Innkeeper
Oh Dear Harry! (1981)
as Etagenkellner
The Abbey of Crime: Umberto Eco's 'The Name of the Rose' (1986)
as Self
Four Junior Detectives (1992)
as Pingling / Ritter von Zährenstein
Piratensender Powerplay (1982)
as Bailiff
Die Fernsehsaga – Eine steirische Fernsehgeschichte (1995)
as Fösi
Natascha - Todesgrüsse aus Moskau (1977)
as CIA-Agent
Der Jäger von Fall (1974)
as Leitner
Pumuckl und der Blaue Klabauter (1994)
as Stammtischbruder
Lorenz im Land der Lügner (1997)
as Spitzel
Das Geheimnis (1994)
as Staudammwärter
The Serbian Girl (1991)
Actor
The Frozen Heart (1979)
as Sargmacher
Blauer Himmel den ich nur ahne (1979)
as Girgl
Die Farbe des Himmels (1979)
as Milchfahrer Elfengruber
Alles nur Tarnung (1996)
as Pfarrer
Starke Zeiten (1988)
as Hospital Employee
Willkommen in Kronstadt (1996)
Actor
Waller's Last Trip (1989)
as Karg
Tanner (1986)
as Fuhrhalter Suter
Big Mäc (1985)
as Zollbeamter
Tödliche Lüge (1993)
as Georg
Traumlage (1983)
Actor
Kampftag (1982)
Actor
Drei gegen Hollywood (1982)
Actor
Zimmer 36 (1988)
Actor
Der Schluckauf (1981)
Actor
Moritz (1992)
as Wagner
Der Pampelmusenmond (1989)
as Herzblau